Questions about online Quran classes

A teacher and one student meet at a set time in our own classroom, which opens in your browser from the student portal. The teacher shares the page, the student recites aloud, and mistakes are corrected as they happen. Lessons are 30 minutes for children and up to an hour for adults. Nothing is recorded or installed, and there is no meeting ID to type in.

Most children are ready from age four or five. Young children start with Noorani Qaida — the Arabic letters and their sounds — in short 30-minute lessons. Sit nearby for the first few classes so your child settles with the teacher. Children who can already read move straight to Quran reading with Tajweed.

Yes, and about half of our adult students begin without reading any Arabic. Adults usually take two or three longer lessons a week and work through the alphabet, then joined letters, then short surahs. Because the lesson is private there is no class to feel behind in. Reverts and parents learning alongside their children are common here.

Tajweed is taught by ear, so it transfers to a video call almost completely. The teacher hears every letter, corrects the makharij — where in the mouth the sound is made — and works through the rules in order: noon and meem sakin, madd, qalqalah, and the rest. What a screen cannot do is let the teacher watch your mouth closely, so our teachers ask students to hold the camera a little closer for the sounds that need it.

One free trial lesson, and no card details are taken for it. It is a real one-to-one class, and the teacher assesses the student’s level during it and recommends a course — the free trial lesson and the free level assessment are the same single lesson, not two separate offers. Everything after it is paid: plans start at £20 a month for two classes a week. We would rather say that plainly than advertise free classes and ask for money later. If cost is the obstacle, tell us; we would rather arrange something than lose a student.

Short lessons, often, with the same teacher. Three or four 30-minute classes a week will take a student further than one long session, because recitation is built by repetition with correction. Keep the same teacher long enough for them to know the student's habits. And practise between lessons — ten minutes daily is worth more than an hour the night before.

With three to five classes a week, most beginners finish Noorani Qaida in three to six months and then start reading the Quran with Tajweed. Reading fluently with the rules applied takes most students one to two years from a standing start. Children who already read some Arabic go faster. Anyone promising fluency in weeks is selling something.

Yes, for any student and any course, including Tajweed and memorisation. Many families ask for a female teacher for their daughters or for sisters learning themselves, and it is a normal request, not an awkward one. You can also change teacher at any time without explaining why.

No. Lessons happen in our own classroom, which opens in a browser tab from the student portal. There is nothing to download, no account to make with another company, and no link to lose. It works on a laptop, tablet or phone.

A laptop, tablet or phone with a working camera and microphone, and an internet connection steady enough for a video call. Headphones help a child concentrate and make the teacher easier to hear. A physical Quran or Qaida is useful but not required — the teacher can share the page on screen.

Plans are monthly: £20 for two classes a week, £28 for three, £35 for four and £42 for five. Each additional child from the same family gets 15% off. Prices are shown in your own currency at checkout and do not change after the first month.

Yes. Every student has their own lesson, their own teacher if you want, and their own record in the portal. A family might have a six-year-old on Qaida, a teenager memorising, and a parent learning to read, all on separate plans with the sibling discount applied.

Tell us on WhatsApp before the lesson and we will move it. Timetables change with school terms, Ramadan and shift work, and rescheduling is normal rather than a favour. Lessons are booked in your local time zone, so a move of clocks on our side never shifts your slot.

Yes. Once a student reads comfortably, many move on to meaning — word-by-word translation and then tafseer of selected surahs, taught in English. It runs as its own course rather than being squeezed into a recitation lesson, because the two need different kinds of attention.

You can cancel at any time before your next billing date and you are not charged again. There is no notice period and no cancellation fee. Classes you have already paid for stay yours until the end of that month.

Lessons happen on our own platform, not on a teacher's personal account, so there is no private channel between a teacher and a child. The lesson chat is kept and is readable by the academy, teachers do not exchange personal contact details with families, and a parent is welcome in the room at any time. Our safeguarding page sets out the rules in full.